Re: JOHN CONRAD GEIB
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JOHN CONRAD GEIB
4/01/01
According to "Early Geib Families", "Johann Conrad Geib, wife and children resided in the village of Bakenau in the Rhineland, Germany. It is recorded that in 1747 he was released from vassalage. A vassel was a minor landowner who had sworn fealty to a lord for a period of time. Very soon after his release he with his wife and three children departed for America, via Rotterdam. They sailed on the ship "Two Brothers" Thomas Arnott, Captain. John Conrad Geib, wife Margaret, son John, daughter Margaret, and another son, name unknown, arrived in Philadelphia on October 13, 1747. There he subscribed to the Oath of Allegiance on that date. His signature is clearly legible and available today in the old ship lists. This family of five resided in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the Whiteoaks are in the northern part of the county in what is now Penn Township."
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Re: JOHN CONRAD GEIB
Linda Silvey 6/04/03